Driver, 16, snagged for running Holland Tunnel tolls

A New York man got snagged at the Holland Tunnel tolls in Jersey City by police officers who say he ran the toll Friday night and had a fake temporary license plate, officials said.

Leonid Khmel of Linwood, allegedly ran the toll at 6:30 p.m. and he was charged with theft of services, as well as possession of a forged document and improper display of a license plate, driving with no insurance and having fictitious registration, Port Authority Police Spokesman Al Della Fave said.

PAPD Officers David Narvaez and Matthew Smith said they saw Khmel’s Mazda SUV go through the toll and they pulled it over immediately after seeing an “unpaid” signal, Della Fave said.

The officers found Khmel had a photocopy of a temporary license plate in his window and that it had long ago expired but the date on it was altered, Della Fave said.